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REIF Japanese Kushiyaki - Dubai Hills, opened in 2023 in Dubai's emerging Dubai Hills district, serves kushiyaki and internationally-flavoured Japanese classics, named Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Dubai.
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LIGИUM in Bullaun, County Galway, centres on open-fire cooking, with chef Danny Africano blending Irish and Italian ingredients. Awarded a MICHELIN star in 2025.
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A modern-cuisine restaurant on the right bank of the Seine in Paris's 16th arrondissement, holding Michelin stars, set aboard an Art Deco yacht facing the Eiffel Tower. Chef Frédéric Anton selects signature creations such as curry-scented crab and langoustine ravioli.
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Plénitude, inside the Cheval Blanc hotel in Paris' 1st arrondissement, is chef Arnaud Donckele's celebrated "nouvelle cuisine classique" table with three MICHELIN stars, listed in the Paris starred list of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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A Japanese restaurant near square Louvois in Paris's 2nd arrondissement, price level €€€€, with just 8 seats. The chef works with ultra-fresh produce with surgical precision and restrained use of soy and wasabi; listed in the 2025 Paris starred list.
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Greek seafood restaurant at Atlantis The Royal on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, with seafood flown in from the Mediterranean; listed in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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A creative-cuisine restaurant in the Latin Quarter of Paris's 5th arrondissement, on the MICHELIN starred list. Chef Atsushi Tanaka serves an avant-garde, artistic cuisine from a minimalist space through a single seasonal tasting menu.
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An Italiana contemporanea, Moderna restaurant in Milan, a pillar of the city's dining scene for over sixty years; chefs Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani celebrate Italy's products and territories in a contemporary key, with Aimo's iconic spaghettoni with spring onion, chili, olive oil and Ligurian basil.
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A fish and seafood restaurant in Paris's 7th arrondissement, founded by Jacques Le Divellec in 1983 and now run by Mathieu Pacaud, with a menu that follows the tide; listed in the MICHELIN Guide and on the 2025 France star list, currently temporarily closed.
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A Creativa, Italiana contemporanea restaurant in Rome. Riccardo Di Giacinto takes Lazio's and Italy's classic dishes apart and reassembles them—think Carbonara, lamb and tiramisu presented in creative form.
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An Italian restaurant wrapped around an aquarium inside Dubai's Burj Al Arab, selected in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026; it presents signature dishes from its Capri mothership with local twists, and is currently closed for refurbishment until late 2027.
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A modern-cuisine restaurant at 16 avenue Hubert-Germain in Paris's 16th arrondissement, run by Marseille-born chef Jean-Louis Nomicos, who led the kitchens of Lasserre for many years; listed among the starred restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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A modern-cuisine restaurant at 79 rue de la Tour in Paris's 16th arrondissement holding one MICHELIN star; the chef, who spent eighteen years at Hiramatsu, serves precise, season-driven French menus that change daily.
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Ballyfin, set within the Ballyfin Demesne hotel in County Laois, Ireland, showcases modern cuisine built on superb ingredients. Chef Richard Picard-Edwards and his team were awarded a MICHELIN star in 2025.
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A Persian restaurant at the Radisson Blu hotel in Deira Creek, Dubai, with views over the Creek and Old Dubai, included in the Bib Gourmand selection of the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026.
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An Italian restaurant by the Turtle Lagoon at the Jumeirah Al Naseem resort in Dubai, specialising in traditional Tuscan dishes, listed in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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REIF Japanese Kushiyaki - Dar Wasl is a kushiyaki-inspired Japanese restaurant in Dubai's residential Al Wasl neighbourhood with well-priced dishes, named Bib Gourmand in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Dubai.
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A modern-cuisine restaurant near the Louvre in Paris's 1st arrondissement, holding Michelin stars. The kitchen weaves subtle Japanese notes into its cooking — koshihikari rice with roasted scallops, umeboshi with Racan pigeon — with a locavore focus.
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A legendary restaurant on Place de la Madeleine in Paris's 8th arrondissement, operating since the mid-19th century with its Majorelle woodwork intact, now led by a new team under Cyril Lignac and listed among the starred restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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Le Faham, in the Batignolles area of Paris's 17th arrondissement, is listed by the MICHELIN Guide as modern cuisine at €€€; chef Kelly Rangama and pastry chef Jérôme Devreese named it after the faham, an orchid endemic to Réunion, and serve vibrant yet restrained cooking.
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GLORIE in Hamburg, Germany, is a one-MICHELIN-Star classic and contemporary restaurant: a restaurant-within-a-restaurant on the gallery above 100/200 Kitchen, serving à la carte dishes under the motto "old school, reimagined".
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Pierre Gagnaire, on rue Balzac in Paris' 8th arrondissement, is famed for its exploratory cuisine d'auteur; three MICHELIN stars since 1996, it is listed in the Paris starred list of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Dubai's DIFC, selected in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026; it carries the brand's trademark open kitchen and red-and-black scheme, with soufflé desserts a highlight.
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A Meats and Seafood restaurant at ICD Brookfield Place in DIFC, Dubai, paying homage to lively New York City brasseries; included in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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A Creativa, Mediterranea restaurant in Rome. Chef Daniele Lippi conceives his cooking in a broad Mediterranean sense, with menus that explore the sea and the land respectively, closing with desserts.
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A creative-cuisine restaurant at 41 rue de Montpensier in Paris's 1st arrondissement, facing the Palais-Royal, where chef Matan Zaken hosts guests around a single communal table in a vaulted cellar; listed among the starred restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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Agapé, in Paris's 17th arrondissement, is a modern-cuisine restaurant led by chef Yoshi Nagato in a cosy, intimate setting; it appears in the starred list of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025 for Paris.
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A creative-cuisine restaurant in Paris's 7th arrondissement where Normandy-born chef David Toutain serves an imposed surprise menu of personal, technique-driven cooking; listed in the MICHELIN Guide and on the 2025 France star list, price range €€€€.
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Sur Mesure par Thierry Marx is located in the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Paris's 1st arrondissement, where chef Thierry Marx showcases creative cuisine; the MICHELIN Guide France 2023 awarded it two stars.
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Restaurant, deli and cookbook bookshop in Dubai's Alserkal arts district, a new Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026.
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A creative-cuisine restaurant in Paris's 16th arrondissement holding one MICHELIN star. Chef Pascal Barbot set up in the legendary former premises of Joël Robuchon's Jamin, with a cuisine blending Asian influences and plant-forward elements.
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A Moderna, Biologica restaurant in Milan holding a MICHELIN star; Norbert Niederkofler brings his sustainability ethos to Milan with three tasting menus spanning ethics, lake fare and vegetables, sourcing everything within an hour of the city, and terraces overlooking the Duomo and Castello Sforzesco.
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Zeik in Hamburg is chef-owner Maurizio Oster's minimalist restaurant, where local, seasonal ingredients drive plant-forward North German cuisine. Awarded one MICHELIN star by the MICHELIN Guide Germany 2026.
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Le Clarence, in an 1884 hôtel particulier in Paris's 8th arrondissement, is a two-MICHELIN-star restaurant listed as creative cuisine at €€€€; chef Andrea Capasso pairs land and sea and unfolds themes through a procession of "satellite" bites. Open Tuesday to Saturday.
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A Japanese and Asian restaurant in DIFC, Dubai, known for its Damien Hirst octopus sculpture and seabed-themed dining room, included in the selection of the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026.
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A creative and modern-cuisine restaurant near Oberkampf in Paris's 11th arrondissement, holding Michelin stars. Named after the scent of freshly ploughed earth, it is home to Sarthe-born chef Maxime Bouttier's refined, season-led tasting menu in a two-storey townhouse.
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Ramen Hisa is a ramen specialist on the Plaza Level of Dubai Opera House with tatami seating (shoes off), run by chef Hisao Ueda, listed in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Dubai selection.
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A Lebanese seafood restaurant at Club Vista Mare on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, with a seaside terrace and fresh fish counter, listed in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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Louis is a modern-cuisine restaurant on rue de la Victoire in Paris's 9th arrondissement, listed as a one-star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide France 2022.
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A Japanese ramen restaurant on Level 2 of the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, listed as a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026; known for its signature shoyu ramen at budget-friendly prices, walk-in only with counter space usually available.
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Accents Table Bourse, in Paris's 2nd arrondissement, is a modern-cuisine restaurant run by Japanese owner and pastry chef Ayumi Sugiyama; it appears in the starred list of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025 for Paris.
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Pertinence, near the Champ-de-Mars in Paris' 7th arrondissement, presents market cuisine by chefs Ryunosuke Naito and Kwen Liew working four-handed; it is listed in the Paris starred list of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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An Italian restaurant inside the Waldorf Astoria in DIFC, Dubai, with a menu covering all regions of Italy and a house-made fresh pasta signature; included in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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Atlantic Restaurant, in Hamburg's luxe Hotel Atlantic on the banks of the Alster, is a one-MICHELIN-Star contemporary French restaurant: chef Fokke Mick serves the "Identité" set menu alongside its vegetarian counterpart "Flora".
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A modern-cuisine restaurant in Paris's 3rd arrondissement where chef Manon Fleury, guided by respect for nature, short-supply-chain sourcing and zero waste, puts plants centre stage; listed in the MICHELIN Guide and on the 2025 France star list, price range €€€€.
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A creative-cuisine restaurant at 3 rue Papillon in Paris's 9th arrondissement, where chef Guillaume Sanchez cooks with bold fire and firm balance in an arty black-and-gold setting; listed among the starred restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide France 2025.
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A Creativa, Contemporanea restaurant in Rome. The restaurant stands next to the Italian Parliament and preserves its award-winning wine cellar heritage. The chef offers two tasting menus and creative à la carte dishes with a gift for building flavor from vegetables; wines can be chosen by the glass, and a more relaxed bistrot sits at the entrance.
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Asian restaurant at Jumeirah Al Naseem hotel in Dubai, covering Japanese, Thai and Chinese cuisine; listed in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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A Chinese restaurant in DIFC, Dubai, presenting Northern Chinese and Xinjiang flavours along the thread of the Silk Road, listed in the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026 selection.
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A seafood and Asian restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort in Jumeirah 2, Dubai, famed for its sunset terrace, included in the selection of the MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2026.